Category Archives: Computer Related

Secure your network, NSA-style

Posted on January 5, 2007 by admin

If you’re nutso for network security, the NSA’s 60 Minute Network Security Guide PDF (yes, that NSA) should get your network up to brick wall status in – apparently – 60 minutes. The guide, which checks in at just under … Continue reading →

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Send Anonymous Text Messages

Posted on January 3, 2007 by admin

I can think of a few good uses of this… Ever want to text someone anonymously? Hit up AnonTxt and just enter in an alias, a subject, and the message itself, and it’ll be quickly sped to the cellphone number … Continue reading →

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Free, Portable Solitair Program

Posted on January 2, 2007 by admin

Free Patience / Solitaire game for Windows with games including Klondike, Freecell, Spider, Yukon and over 200 others. Product page

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Driver Collector

Posted on January 1, 2007 by admin

Driver Collector is a tool designed to find and collect installed windows drivers for the hardware you select on your PC. Once you tell it which type of drivers you want to collect, it will copy them to a subfolder … Continue reading →

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Making Compact Forms More Accessible

Posted on December 21, 2006 by admin

Space constraints can put the squeeze on accessibility and usability. Mike Brittain shares his method for making itty-bitty forms more accessible and easier to use. From A List Apart

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Free web conferencing

Posted on December 21, 2006 by admin

Sound promising, the free account gives you quite a bit.. Yugma is a free web collaboration service that enables people to instantly connect over the internet to communicate and share content and ideas using any application or software. Whether you … Continue reading →

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Add a dash of color to black-and-white photos

Posted on December 20, 2006 by admin

The geniuses at Digital Photography School show how to create some pizzazz by adding a small area of color to a black-and-white photo. The process involves “desaturating” the color from an image and then using the History Brush to “paint … Continue reading →

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How to design a logo of letters

Posted on December 20, 2006 by admin

Design magazine Before & After shows you how to turn letters into a logo using a variety of techniques. These include creating a mid-letter crossbar, removing part of a letter’s stroke, interlocking letters and more. The examples are all colorfully … Continue reading →

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See real-time weather on Google map

Posted on December 19, 2006 by admin

Weather junkies, your site has come in. Weather Bonk gives you not only the local forecast, but also traffic webcams, monthly averages and live conditions overlaid on a Google map. Just type in your ZIP code or city name to … Continue reading →

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Get the inside scoop with VirtualTourist

Posted on December 16, 2006 by admin

Planning a vacation anytime soon? Get seasoned travel perspectives from VirtualTourist.com, an online travel community that shares travel tips, stories, reviews, and much more. You can use VirtualTourist as a real-life travel guide written by people who have already "been … Continue reading →

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